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Mental Health Disparities Within the LGBT Population: A Comparison Between Transgender and Nontransgender Individuals
Purpose: This study assessed within a Midwestern LGBT population whether, and the extent to which, transgender identity was associated with elevated odds of reported discrimination, depression symptoms, and suicide attempts. Methods: Based on survey data collected online from respondents who self-id...
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5685247/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29159294 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2015.0001 |
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author | Su, Dejun Irwin, Jay A. Fisher, Christopher Ramos, Athena Kelley, Megan Mendoza, Diana Ariss Rogel Coleman, Jason D. |
author_facet | Su, Dejun Irwin, Jay A. Fisher, Christopher Ramos, Athena Kelley, Megan Mendoza, Diana Ariss Rogel Coleman, Jason D. |
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description | Purpose: This study assessed within a Midwestern LGBT population whether, and the extent to which, transgender identity was associated with elevated odds of reported discrimination, depression symptoms, and suicide attempts. Methods: Based on survey data collected online from respondents who self-identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender persons over the age of 19 in Nebraska in 2010, this study performed bivariate t- or chi-square tests and multivariate logistic regression analysis to examine differences in reported discrimination, depression symptoms, suicide attempts, and self-acceptance of LGBT identity between 91 transgender and 676 nontransgender respondents. Results: After controlling for the effects of selected confounders, transgender identity was associated with higher odds of reported discrimination (OR=2.63, p<0.01), depression symptoms (OR=2.33, p<0.05), and attempted suicides (OR=2.59, p<0.01) when compared with nontransgender individuals. Self-acceptance of LGBT identity was associated with substantially lower odds of reporting depression symptoms (OR=0.46, p<0.001). Conclusion: Relative to nontransgender LGB individuals, transgender individuals were more likely to report discrimination, depression symptoms, and attempted suicides. Lack of self-acceptance of LGBT identity was associated with depression symptoms among transgender individuals. |
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spelling | pubmed-56852472017-11-20 Mental Health Disparities Within the LGBT Population: A Comparison Between Transgender and Nontransgender Individuals Su, Dejun Irwin, Jay A. Fisher, Christopher Ramos, Athena Kelley, Megan Mendoza, Diana Ariss Rogel Coleman, Jason D. Transgend Health Original Article Purpose: This study assessed within a Midwestern LGBT population whether, and the extent to which, transgender identity was associated with elevated odds of reported discrimination, depression symptoms, and suicide attempts. Methods: Based on survey data collected online from respondents who self-identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender persons over the age of 19 in Nebraska in 2010, this study performed bivariate t- or chi-square tests and multivariate logistic regression analysis to examine differences in reported discrimination, depression symptoms, suicide attempts, and self-acceptance of LGBT identity between 91 transgender and 676 nontransgender respondents. Results: After controlling for the effects of selected confounders, transgender identity was associated with higher odds of reported discrimination (OR=2.63, p<0.01), depression symptoms (OR=2.33, p<0.05), and attempted suicides (OR=2.59, p<0.01) when compared with nontransgender individuals. Self-acceptance of LGBT identity was associated with substantially lower odds of reporting depression symptoms (OR=0.46, p<0.001). Conclusion: Relative to nontransgender LGB individuals, transgender individuals were more likely to report discrimination, depression symptoms, and attempted suicides. Lack of self-acceptance of LGBT identity was associated with depression symptoms among transgender individuals. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2016-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5685247/ /pubmed/29159294 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2015.0001 Text en © Dejun Su et al. 2016; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Su, Dejun Irwin, Jay A. Fisher, Christopher Ramos, Athena Kelley, Megan Mendoza, Diana Ariss Rogel Coleman, Jason D. Mental Health Disparities Within the LGBT Population: A Comparison Between Transgender and Nontransgender Individuals |
title | Mental Health Disparities Within the LGBT Population: A Comparison Between Transgender and Nontransgender Individuals |
title_full | Mental Health Disparities Within the LGBT Population: A Comparison Between Transgender and Nontransgender Individuals |
title_fullStr | Mental Health Disparities Within the LGBT Population: A Comparison Between Transgender and Nontransgender Individuals |
title_full_unstemmed | Mental Health Disparities Within the LGBT Population: A Comparison Between Transgender and Nontransgender Individuals |
title_short | Mental Health Disparities Within the LGBT Population: A Comparison Between Transgender and Nontransgender Individuals |
title_sort | mental health disparities within the lgbt population: a comparison between transgender and nontransgender individuals |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5685247/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29159294 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2015.0001 |
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